Coupe maintenance hints and tips
with information I choose to
publish
to support all those who fly the various models of
Ercoupes, Aircoupes and Mooney M-10s
Disclaimer:
We
have no professional or expert qualifications of any kind.
It's fully up to you to check any information you
find here with
standard aviation industry sources such as
aircraft maintenance
manuals, flying instruction books and, above all,
FAA regulations!
These documents are a distillation I've made of information I've received in association with Coupes since buying my Coupe in January of 1979. This is the best information I have found based on my judgment as a complete amateur in aviation.
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Hartmut's ercoupe.info with maintenance, repair and other info - a prime resource!
Pre-purchase Inspection of a Coupe
Many photos of disassembled Coupes and parts of Coupes
Best Practices Guide for Maintaining Aging General Aviation Airplanes
FAA Advisory Circular: Parts and Materials Substitution for Vintage Aircraft
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Preventive maintenance - who and what
Modification and replacement approval requirements
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Landing gear spacers to
return on-the-ground attitude to factory design
This is important, in particular, to crosswind
landing and takeoff safety.
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Nose wheel steering inspection
Small Airplanes Regulations and Policies (FAA website)
CG and luggage compartment options
C-75 to C-85 conversion information
Testing fuel for presence of alcohol
Mixture full rich before descent!
Sample
form 337 approvals
includes split elevator form 337 sample
Oil blow-out through the breather tube
Fuel tank rebuilding and sales
Stromberg Mixture & Secrets.pdf (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) from here.)
The "rope trick" for stuck valves (on a Lycoming website) (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) from here.)
Continental
Service Bulletin M47-16 and Supplement 1
Conversion of C-75 to C-85 and
Supplement 1 conversion of C-75 or C-85 to be C-90
Belleville Spring installation
Magneto problem and solution - less usual but may match your problem